Posts by Julia Levin
Department of Conservation Awards Forest Biomass to Advanced Biofuels Projects
The California Department of Conservation ((DOC) has approved grants to five BAC members to conduct the environmental planning and permitting for projects to convert forest waste to carbon negative biofuels including hydrogen and bio-oil. The projects will also include either biochar production or carbon capture and storage (CCS) to ensure that the fuels are carbon…
Read MoreRaven SR Announces Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Projects
Raven SR has entered into two Memoranda of Understanding (MOU’s) to provide Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to Japan Airlines and All Nipon Airlines. Raven will generate the fuel from organic waste using green waste and other organic waste that is diverted from landfills, as well as landfill biogas emitted from decomposing waste. Raven will provide…
Read MoreAir Board Adopts 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan
The California Air Resources Board adopted California’s 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan in December. The Scoping Plan is California’s blueprint for achieving its climate goals. The 2022 Plan includes several new areas of focus, including a strategy to achieve carbon neutrality, how to reduce carbon emissions and increase sequestration on natural and working lands, carbon…
Read MoreCalifornia awards $18.7 million to CalBio and Maas Energy to Reduce Dairy Methane
The California Department of Food and Agriculture just awarded $18.7 million dollars to BAC members California Bioenergy and Maas Energy for a total of 14 new dairy digesters in California. Together, these 14 projects will cut greenhouse gas emissions by almost 2 million metric tons over the next 10 years. Even more importantly for the…
Read MoreBAC Comments on Proposed Changes to the LCFS
BAC submitted comments to the Air Resources Board on proposed changes to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard Program, including: Read BAC’s comments on proposed changes to the LCFS: BAC Comments on July 2022 LCFS Staff Presentation (final)
Read MoreCalifornia Air Board Proposes Changes to Low Carbon Fuel Standard
The Low Carbon Fuels Standard Program has helped to reduce the carbon intensity of on-road vehicle fuels by nearly 10 percent over the last decade, largely thanks to increased biofuels production. Unfortunately, LCFS credit prices have dropped more than 50 percent, which threatens to slow California’s progress in reducing transportation climate emissions. To address the…
Read MoreLISTEN: NPR Story on Landfill Gas to Power in Los Angeles
KCRW – NPR’s affiliate in Los Angeles – aired this piece on the City of Glendale’s landfill gas to electricity project, which will produce enough renewable electricity to power 4,000 homes while cutting emissions of methane, a climate super pollutant. BAC’s Executive Director, Julia Levin, is quoted extensively in the story, highlighting the urgency of…
Read MoreCPUC Adopts Biomethane Procurement Program
CPUC Adopts Biomethane Procurement Program to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants The California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to adopt a biomethane procurement program to help the state meet its Short-Lived Climate Pollutant reduction requirements. The program requires California’s gas utilities to procure 73 billion cubic feet of biomethane – about 12 percent of residential and…
Read MoreCPUC Adopts Biomethane Procurement Program to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
The California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to adopt a biomethane procurement program to help the state meet its Short-Lived Climate Pollutant reduction requirements. The program requires California’s gas utilities to procure 73 billion cubic feet of biomethane – about 12 percent of residential and small business customers’ current gas use – from anaerobic digestion…
Read MoreCalifornia Finalizes Organic Waste Diversion Regulations
In 2016, California enacted Senate Bill 1383 to reduce the most damaging climate pollutants, known as Short-Lived Climate Pollutants. The bill requires a 40 percent reduction in methane emissions and a 50 percent reduction in anthropogenic black carbon by 2030. As part of the methane reduction requirement, the legislation requires a 75 percent reduction in…
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